Perivale Park Golf Club (PPGC) will protest outside of Ealing Council offices this week to try and stop the closure of golf course.

The golf club says that it will stage a protest outside of Percival House at 6pm on Thursday, 28 March before the council's Overview and Scrutiny meeting at 7pm the same day.

Since September of last year, PPGC has been campaigning against Ealing Council's plan for a new regional park on Perivale Park Golf Course.

After the planned protest, Liberal Democrat and Conservative councillors are expected to call against the council's plans for the golf course at the meeting say PPGC.

Ahead of the protest PPGC has released a statement: "Walk out of Perivale Park under the railway bridge along Stockdove Way.

"To your right there is a piece of rewilded green space.

"It's featureless, the grass is rank and the only people who use it are dog walkers often professional walkers, exercising five or six dogs at a time.

"Local children have christened it poo park. THIS IS WHAT EALING COUNCIL WANT TO TURN PERIVALE PARK GOLF COURSE INTO.

"The lovely innovative regional park ideas mentioned in their public consultation aren't talked about now.

"Keir Starmer has had to ditch Labour's £28bn a year green investment pledge so Ealing Labour have no choice but to keep quiet.

"We've given them ideas for re-greening the golf course, shown them where more trees could be planted, even how to reduce the footprint of the course by one third.

"These changes would be at minimal cost but everything's been ignored.

"All they can do is keep pushing the ridiculous idea that by closing the golf course, they are creating a new park.

"They must think people are stupid and we don't know it already is a park.

"Councillor Costigan even wants to rename it to further the illusion.

Ealing Council want to shut Perivale Park Golf Course to make way for new regional park in west London (credit: Cesar Medina).

The golf club adds: "This what will happen. There will be a flurry of interest in June when they close the course.

"They'll probably step up the course maintenance so it looks good for a photo opportunity.

"By November it will be overgrown. The eyes and ears of the golfers will be long gone and all sorts of anti-social behaviour will be taking place in the more secluded areas of the park the course occupies.

"All decent people will avoid it. By that time the toilets and cafe will probably be permanently closed so there will be even less reason to go there.

"And that will be the legacy of councillors Costigan and Knewstub leave to the people of Ealing.

"The closure of a 100-year-old social asset giving companionship and exercise to thousands of people every year and in its place a featureless nothingness that people will avoid because they don't want to be mugged."

Earlier this month, Ealing Council released findings from its public consultation on the regional park which found that 62% of respondents support the closure of the green and 76% support the council's plans.

The council also says that the golf course would provide much needed green space for the community and habitats for wildlife.

Opposition Spokesperson on Communities, Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour, Liberal Democrat Cllr Connie Hersch, said: "Liberal Democrats are listening to residents who are telling the Council that the golf course should survive within the park.

"There is no need to close the golf course. 

"Labour-run Ealing Council is not being open and transparent about what happens if the costs of the new regional park are more than expected. 

"Liberal Democrats are standing up for residents who want to see their community facilities improved."

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